When Alice Gerstel bid an emotional farewell to her family’s closest friends in October 1941, she was hopeful she’d see “Little Simon” Gronowski again. And she did — 76 years later and half a world away from where they were separated in Brussels. Gerstel and her Jewish family had hidden… Read More
China denies claims of settling U.S. trade dispute
China’s government on Thursday denied President Xi Jinping’s promise of market-opening measures this week was aimed at settling a tariff dispute with Washington and said negotiations are impossible under “unilateral coercion” by the United States. A commerce ministry spokesman, Gao Feng, complained U.S. President Donald Trump’s government has “shown no… Read More
Trump: Syria strike “could be very soon or not so soon at all!”
President Donald Trump said Thursday that an attack on Syria could take place “very soon or not so soon at all!” The president made the statement in a tweet Thursday morning. Trump on Wednesday had warned Russia to “get ready” for a missile attack on its ally Syria, suggesting imminent… Read More
As royal wedding nears, Meghan Markle boosts British economy
Canadian fashion designer Bojana Sentaler stared at her television on Christmas Day to see if Meghan Markle had a gift for her. She did. As Prince Harry’s future bride left a church service on the grounds of Queen Elizabeth II’s private country estate, Sentaler spotted a cuff detail on Markle’s… Read More
Syrian forces brace for potential U.S. attack
Syrians braced for a possible U.S. attack in retaliation to an alleged chemical assault that killed dozens over the weekend as activists reported Wednesday that government forces vacated strategic potential targets, including air bases around the country. The Foreign Ministry in Damascus denounced President Donald Trump’s threat to attack the… Read More
257 dead after military plane crashes in Algeria
An Algerian military plane carrying soldiers and their families crashed soon after takeoff Wednesday into a field in northern Algeria, killing 257 people in what appeared to be the North African nation’s the worst-ever plane crash. Algeria’s Defense Ministry said those killed included 247 passengers and 10 crew. The cause… Read More
Queen Elizabeth compared Obama to… a helicopter!?
In a new TV show with Sir David Attenborough, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II was caught cracking jokes about President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama. The British monarch, who will be 92 on April 21, was exploring her garden in a new 90 minute show, The Queen’s Green planet,… Read More
Here’s who was NOT invited to the royal wedding…
It will be friends and family, rather than politicians and world leaders, at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding next month. Kensington Palace says “it has been decided that an official list of political leaders — both U.K. and international — is not required” for the wedding. That means U.S…. Read More
STUNNING! Family shocked to learn authorities misidentified their son as dead
Families and friends already stunned by the deaths of 15 players and team personnel for Humboldt’s youth hockey club got a new shock Monday when authorities announced that one of the dead had been misidentified. The Ministry of Justice for Saskatchewan province said the mistake occurred partly because all the… Read More
Trump condemns “heinous attack” that killed 40 in Syria
President Donald Trump said Monday he will decide on a U.S. response to the apparent chemical weapons attack on Syrian civilians “probably by the end of today.” Speaking during a Cabinet meeting, Trump condemned the “heinous attack” Saturday that killed at least 40 people, including children. “It was an atrocious… Read More
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